prendre sur soi
\pʁɑ̃.dʁə syʁ swa\
The verdict
“prendre sur soi” is uncommon French (outside the top frequency list), classed as a verb. The kind of spelling people second-guess.
- Unranked
- below top-frequency French
- 15
- letters
According to Wiktionary data (CC BY-SA, analyzed September 3, 2026) - Répondre de quelque chose, s’en charger ; faire quelque chose de son chef, sans y être autorisé.
Corpus desk
Index FR-prendre-sur-soi · prendre sur soi · French
prendre sur soi · unranked · 0 variants · 0 confusables
- FREQ-UNRANKED Unranked
- LEN-MEGA 15 letters
- VOW-5 5 vowels
- CONFUS-0 No pairs
- VAR-0 0 variants
- BOOK-THIN "P" thin
- PHOTO-UNK Peer pending
Desk codes from Wiktionary headword shape, FrequencyWords rank tier, confusable-pair count, generated misspelling depth, letter-cohort book size, and photo-finish peer. Not a difficulty grade.
| Property | Value |
|---|---|
| Headword | prendre sur soi |
| Language | French |
| Part of speech | Verb |
| IPA | \pʁɑ̃.dʁə syʁ swa\ |
| Letters | 15 |
| Misspellings tracked | 0 |
| Confusable pairs | 0 |
| Source | Wiktionary (kaikki.org) |
Longue queue: rang de « prendre sur soi » en français
Rare enough to double-check
prendre sur soi is uncommon French outside the top frequency list, classed as averb, transcribed \pʁɑ̃.dʁə syʁ swa\. Rarity is why readers land here mid-draft. 4 senses are on record.
No misspelling variants are generated for prendre sur soi in our index, suggesting the orthography follows predictable French patterns. Our confusable-pair dataset has no match for it, a sign it's visually distinctive enough not to be mixed up with another word.
No borrowing history is documented for this entry, so its spelling is best explained by sound-to-letter mapping rather than etymology. The correct French form is prendre sur soi, spelled P-R-E-N-D-R-E- -S-U-R- -S-O-I.
Definition
- 1Répondre de quelque chose, s’en charger ; faire quelque chose de son chef, sans y être autorisé.
- 2Accepter la responsabilité d’une faute, d’une erreur.
- 3Accepter de supporter (ce qui nous était extérieur).
- 4Se retenir, se faire violence, se contraindre.
Recorded use
Wiktionary examplesThese source excerpts show how prendre sur soi appears in context. They illustrate usage; the definition above remains the entry’s reference meaning.
Cela passe un peu mes pouvoirs, mais je le prends sur moi.
Ne vous inquiétez pas, je prends cela sur moi, je prends tout sur moi.
This word in other languages
Definitions, pronunciation, and etymology for this entry are drawn from Wiktionary via the kaikki.org structured extract (CC BY-SA). See the methodology for how each field is sourced and updated.